Polychromy - GildingExtensive gilding and polychromy.Verdier was of the opinion that the painted wings were later than the central panel (Verdier 1982), but Gaborit-Chopin argued otherwise (Detroit 1997).

ReverseFlat and smooth.
Labels on the back of the centre panel: '3.317' (with blue border), 'Exposition rétrospective de Lyon' handwritten '1449 Musées de Lyon' (large label, partly covered by an orange label); handwritten inscription 'Cabinet Lambert instalation [sic] provisoire' (covering another label).
Inscription in red on the back of the left wing: '422'.

Object ConditionTwo holes in the lower part of the central panel, at the feet of the angels.

ProvenanceCollection of Jacques-Amédée Lambert: his bequest to the Museum in 1850.

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